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Tornado Watch 32
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 22, 1999, 2:15 PM CST for Lamar County, Pickens County, Alabama; 51 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 1999, 2:15 PM CST (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1999, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 53 counties
Lamar County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Webster County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
Warnings issued inside it
56 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 2:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 2:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 16 min |
| Jan 22, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 2:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Jan 22, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Madison | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 3:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 61 min |
| Jan 22, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 3:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 4:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 4:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 4:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 15 min |
| Jan 22, 5:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 32 min |
| Jan 22, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 5:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Winston | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 6:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Scott, Smith | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 64 min |
| Jan 22, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 7:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 7:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 85 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 11 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Humphreys, Leflore, Marshall and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Coahoma and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun and 69 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone | 6 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.